As the sun rose on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, a crowd erupted in cheers at Stonehenge where the ...

As the sun rose Saturday on the longest day of the year, a crowd erupted in cheers at Stonehenge where the ancient monument in southern England has clocked the summer solstice over thousands of years.

In the 1984 film, the band Spinal Tap commissioned an artist to create a huge recreation of the mystical prehistoric ...

Summer is officially here. Around 8,000 people gathered around the prehistoric stones at Stonehenge to greet the sun for the summer solstice, which is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere ...

Stonehenge is aligned with both the midsummer sunrise and the midwinter sunset. On the summer solstice, the sun rises behind the Heel Stone, the ancient entrance to the Stone Circle, with sunlight ...

Blowhorns signaled the rise of the sun over the ancient stone circle at 4:58 a.m. - although in typically English fashion, the sunrise was barely visible through the clouds.

STONEHENGE, England — All hail the rising sun. Around 8,000 revelers gathered around a prehistoric stone circle on a plain in southern England to express their devotion to the sun, or to have ...

If you are lucky enough to stand in the center of Stonehenge on the summer solstice, you will see the Sun rise over the Heel Stone, as it has for millennia. The Heel Stone was erected outside the ...

Thousands of people gathered at Stonehenge in the United Kingdom Thursday to greet the sunrise for the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. Wiltshire police estimated 9,500 people showed ...

Stonehenge is a monument that aligns to the midsummer sunrise and the midwinter sunset. ... "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited.

In terms of alignments, Stonehenge was primarily associated with the Sun (specifically the solstices) - but there is some evidence that it may also have had lunar alignments.

Thousands of partygoers, pagans and self-styled druids cheered and banged drums Saturday to greet the dawn at Stonehenge on the longest day of the year, the summer solstice. Blowhorns signaled the ...